Paper dispenser



` jan. i4, 1936. F. l BROEREN 2,027,669

PAPER DISPENSER Filed July 2o, 1934 WMZ/ir@ Patented Jan. 14, 1936 UNETED STATES PATENT FFICE PAPER DISPENSER Frank L. Broeren, Menasha, Wis., assignor to Marathon Paper Mills Company, Rothschild, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Application July 20, 1934, Serial N0. 736,155

1 Claim. (Cl. S12- 62) An object of this invention is to provide an back out of the way during the loading operaimproved and simplified form of device for distion. This consists of a retainer 24 pivotally pensing interfolded paper sheets, particularly lnOunted 0n the back Of the Cabinet by IneanS waxed paper sheets. of a rivet 25 which permits the retainer to be This and other objects, as will hereinafter apswung to one side until the follower plate Il 5 pear, are accomplished by this invention which iS pulled back t0 the dOtted line DOSitOn, after is fully described in the following specification which the retainer 24 is swung dOWn S0 aS t0 and shown in the accompanying drawing, in retain the follower plate in the retracted posiwhichtion. A new group of waxed paper sheets can Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dispenser then very readily be inserted, the foremost sheet l0 embodying this invention; of the new group preferably being interfolded Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section on the with the last sheet of the grOup already in the line 2 of Fig. l; dispenser.

Fig. 3 is a somewhat reduced partial vertical To facilitate the operation of drawing the section on the broken line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and first sheet through the slot I3, the end of the l5 Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing the edges of SlOt iS Cut Out at the Side lila S0 aS t0 Permit the interfolded sheets in expanded form. the operator to insert his linger 0r a pointed The embodiment illustrated comprises a metal instrument under the fOIelIlOSt Sheet Of Paper, box or cabinet lo having a @over il hingedly sethereby enabling him to draw it through the cured thereto at i2. The front of the cabinet is front Slet* A SlOt i3b iS prOViClefl at One 0r both 20 provided with a transverse slot i3 through which ends 0f the Cabinet thrOU-gh WhiCh the Operatel the sheets A are adapted to be pulled in a well may Observe When the Supply Of palier Sheets known manner which will later be described. needs repleniehing.

Behind this front are located two members I4, While the deVCe iS adapted fOr the ClSDenSing l5, the upper member lll being wider at the top 0f paper SheetS generally, it iS particularly well 25 portion ille than at the bottom so as to slightly k adapted fOr diSpenShg WaXeCl Sheets Whih tend tilt baci; the top ci the group oi paper sheets. to slide on one another, the arrangement being These sheets rest upon a floor le which is prefone that prevents displacement of the sheets in erahly slightly inclined downwardly toward the. the stack and permits withdrawal of the Outerfront and are pressed forward toward the front most sheet without disarrangng the remaining 30 by means of a follower plate ll which is pivotally Sheets. connected at ES to the upper end of a link i9, I Clailn the lower enel of the link being pivotally eon- A dispenser for sheets of paper Comprising a nected to a pin Ell which is carried by a memcontainer of boxlike formation having a bottom ber 2i secured to the bottom of the cabinet. The and a front panel DrO'Vided With a transversely 35 link i9 is movable back and forth through a extending slot adlaeent Which Seid SheetS are slot Z2 in the floor la and is normally urged toheld in facewise relation and through which the ward the front of the cabinet by means of a SheetS may be Withdrawn singly7 a flOOr alOOVe coiled spring 23 passing around the pin, as the level of the bottom of the container for sup- 0 clearly shown in Fig. 3. porting the lower edges of sheets composing a 40 Thus the group of sheets of waxed paper, or stack, said hoor being provided near its center the like, which are previously interfolded as With a Slet, a link eXtenCing through the Slot in shown in Figli are placed infront of the follower the flOOr and haVillj itS lOWer enti leiVOted leeplate il, the edge of the foremost sheet being tween the hoor and the bottom of the dispenser,

5 passed through the horizontal slot i3. Thus as a OllGWer plate iUVOted to the upper free end of 45 the user pulls on the front sheet A, shown in the link, and a Spring aeting against the link full lines, it becomes withdrawn through the slot fOr urging the fOllOWer plate fOlWard, and a at the saine time pulling through this saine slot retaining fill-ser pille-tally mounted upon the rear the forward edge 0f the next interfolded sheet, wall of the container and adapted to be moved 0 which then assumes the dotted line position. to engage and held the follower plate when swung 50 In order to assist in loading this dispenser with beek inte PrOXilnity t0 the rear Wall Of the cona new group of sheets I have provided a means talneh for holding the spring-pressed follower plate FRANK L. BROEREN. 

